R.I.P. Tom Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017). I was not much of a fan and didn’t know the Heartbreakers’ music much, but it was nice radio background noise for me back in the day. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” from Greatest Hits (1993).
Not really by design, I ended up being a “music blogger,” and still less by design, it seems to involve a lot of obituaries.

A deep bow to my blog mentor Nightsky Radio, who made me notice the artistry of the Dan. “Deacon Blues” now vies with Herbie Hancock’s “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” for the status of greatest song in the world. But even when I didn’t fully appreciate “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” like I do now, I always liked it, and it is one of Walter’s (Pretzel Logic, 1974). Also, I never featured it here on channel WDYDFAE before, so . . .